Hockey Game Notes: WMU at ND, 11/2/12

First Period

• First CCHA game of the 12-13 season for the Broncos (because of bye last week)
• Starters: Slubowski, DeKeyser, Witowski, Elias, Warda, Beebe
• WMU's first power play comes at 8:20 in the first
• WMU first penalty kill (9:48 in the first)
• Period Ends: Shots WMU-11 ND-10, Score 0-0
• WMU lead faceoff wins 13 - 8
• Slubowski made ten saves this period
  • Third time this season he has had to make ten or more saves in a period

Second Period

• Broncos start the second off strong with a goal by Dane Walters
• WMU Goal: Walters at 1:28 in second
  • Walter' first goal of the season
  • Assist to Oesterle, Leone
  • Oesterle's second assist of the season
  • Leone's second straight game with an assist

• Power play WMU
  • WMU Goal in the first seven seconds of the power play
• WMU Goal: Dane Walters at 6:21 in the second
  • Assists to Cichy, Balisy
  • Cichy's fourth of the season, Balisy's second assist of the season
  • Walters's second goal of the night and season

• WMU Penalty: Brown 2:00 for holding at 12:37 in the second
• Period Ends: Score WMU-2 ND-0, Shots WMU-21 ND-19
• WMU still lead faceoff wins in the second 20 to 18

Third Period

• ND Goal: Lee from Costello, Johns at 00:42
  • Score: WMU-2 ND-1
• WMU Power play Goal: Balisy at 5:05
  • Balisy's first goal of the season
  • Assists to Morrison and Cichy
  • Mike Cichy's third two-point game of the season, Morrison's second assist of the season

• ND Power play Goal: Russo from Lee, Costello at 7:28 in third
  • Score: WMU-3 ND-2
  • WMU has given up power play goals in four of their five games this season

• Period Ends: Score WMU-3 ND-2, SOG WMU-25 ND-37
• This is the most shots Slubowski has faced since 10/22/11 at Alaska (which was 34)
  • Tonight was his career high with 37.
  • Slubowski also makes a career-high 35 saves.